Room dimension are 14x19. The speakers are 6 10 " apart setup in an equalateral triangle.
I have the speakers 3.5 feet from the front and back walls (back wall distance varies depending on where I place my listening chair)
The imaging is solid now I'm currently working on improving overall depth and soundstaging
The room acoustics in this room are quite complicated The room is a difficult layout with lot's of restrictions. GIK Acoustics room treatments have helped to even out the room nodes
but there is still quite a bit of tinkering left
Ideas/suggestions how to further improve the existing layout and performance is welcome !
Hi Dan Thanks for stopping by and offering up some suggestions to my room quandries
your idea is a good one ! and i'm sure under different situation this placement would would work very well, but you knew this was coming the "room" acts as our living room area and by moving the speakers to fire along the short wall this leaves little room for the couch and television and makes for a cramped space ..something the family will not go for ...Thanks for trying ..perhaps my next house
Another option is to swing my speakers to the opposite wall this could work quite well. The only drawback is my listening chair would be situated under the lowest part of the ceiling ..and that creates it's own set of issues
Hi Pat, I've studied the photo's of your room as well as I can, and giving the limitations imposed by the views presented, I would like to make a suggestion, that being, if possible, re-orient your system ninety degress, so you can have more room for speaker set-up. An equilateral trianlge looks fairly impossible to achieve, giving you a very near-field listening situation. Try just moving the speakers temporarily the other firing direction, and see how it sounds. I may be mistaken, but looks as though in the photos that it might be achieveable to make the move that way. I finally moved my system 90 degrees, and it sounded like I must have dropped thousands more into my speakers, say going from the 5.4 Contours to up the Dynaudio line quite a bit more. Just a suggestion, but it might make a difference for you. It may present more problems though, but you never know until you try.
I will try to answer your questions above one by one
My speakers are positioned in an equalateral triangle 6'7" measuring from the middle of the speakers My speakers are 4 feet from the front wall as per the manufacturer recommendations the further out the better My listening chair is 4 feet from the back walls
I would love to move the left speaker approx 24 inches as you suggested but that is not possible as there is a diagonal wall in the way that prevents this from being a viable option also my electronics is right next to the left speaker if you look at pictures
Next home perhaps I can really here what these particular Sasons are capable of for the time being I continue to enjoy the music
Any other suggestions taking into consideration the room and it's challenges are very much appreciated
From the pics it looks as if your speakers are WAY to close together and your sitting on top of them.
My suggestion: Move the spkrs about 6 inches back.Move your left speaker to the left a minimum of 24 inches.Move listening chair accordingly. You really should try to move the chair back some if possible, w/o screwing up the sound.
I don't recall ever having speakers and chair all so confined.Usually I like a 10'-12'triangle for listening but, that isn't possible in that room.
My first priority when looking for a home is, will the room make for decent sound. It throw's realitors off big time.
You will probably need somewhere between a 30 degree and 45 degree toe-in to achieve a crossing point of about 1.5' - 2' in front of the listener. Using the laser will help. The benefit of toeing in this dramatically is usually a wider sweet spot and less impact of side wall reflections. Of course the type of speaker will have some say in that.
Once set up a laser and some flat mirrors can help you identify the reflection points. If you want to look into this further go here:
Music, If you have a laser light, use it to get the speakers crossed in front of you. Place the light on top of the speaker and toe it in until the light is 2 feet in front of you. You can also try having the light (speakers toed out) from the rt. speaker point an inch or two to the outside of your right ear. Same with the left. ***Be careful not to look into the light*** The deHavilland is an excellent preamp.
Well here is my 2 (two) cents worth. Toe the speakers in so they cross over about 2 feet in front of you. If that doesn't work sell your preamp and call me, I will sell you a deHavilland Ultra Verve Preamp. That should put a smile on your face.
Oregon It's one of JN older designs Back in the day it was one of Jean's show pieces he used to demo I'm using an Ortofon 2m Bronze Thanks for the compliments Pat
